Remember even the visual aspect is being electronically enhanced in order to find a speck of several hundred tons in all of space. EAG and Stealth Coat both remove EM emissions which can blur visual light as well. This is why all sensors are affected. Think too that a person in good cammo firing at ...

One thing I find useful for Fuel/Cargo containers is development of a civilization's spread under the mechanics of Traveller. The F/C would be a must have when your tech level limits your ability to cross open regions starting with your first steps at Jump 1. You would be stuck in Mains until the ne...

Saw a report today that Stephen Hawking predicted emerging robot intelligences will develop agendas needing increased resources and will displace humans to get them. Subsequently he said we need to colonize space to get away from the robot overlords. Think about that when buying your robot vacuum fo...

"Or does a jump drive that sits unused even need maintenance? (which may solve my High and Dry problem)." Maintenance is for dealing for wear and tear usually from active use. Over long stretches of time, not just weeks or maybe even months, parts can age. Your sometimes mandatory Abandoned Prize Sh...

I always liked the usiform concept rather than the I, Robot human form fits all. Runaway was another good movie for 'realistic' robots. Just to ask, I've seen the word 'drone' used to describe an independently functioning machine and a machine that relies on sophont remote control or extensive decis...

Maneuver craps out at 9g at TL 13. Reaction drives go up to 16g at TL 12 and adds to the maneuver Gs. Must be something about reaction augmenting reactionless thrust and two maneuver drives don't. A High Burn Thruster also augments a main reaction drive. I have no complaint about Rocket Assisted Boo...

In the best of times, the Imperium relies on subsector and especially colonial elements to police the local neighborhoods. Imperial fleets are just too high maintenance. That's the best of times, however, the Imperium is literally surrounded by opposition. The big fleets are constantly monitoring an...

History shows how frequently the concept of indentured servitude was very thinly veiled slavery whether as an abuse against the poor and/or by tailoring laws to harvest people for service at little to no compensation. Many groups with power of law had no morals when they changed limited indentured s...

When entire subsectors or sectors become embroiled in fighting, and that means subsector fleets are in the middle, you have now made yourself very well noticed and brought the attention of the Imperium in a big way. Now you're going to see The Flag of the Imperium over worlds because you are causing...

A lot but because of its size a lot slips between any iron grasp of control. That's why the Imperium gives a lot of leeway locally and war is sometimes the steam valve. Much security is local or maybe by subsector/sector forces. The Imperium may control the space between planets doesn't mean they ha...